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Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released in May 2016 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players on a team work together to secure and defend control points on a map.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Overwatch Outage Chart 01/18/2026 03:35

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Overwatch users through our website.

  1. Sign in (42%)

    Sign in (42%)

  2. Online Play (29%)

    Online Play (29%)

  3. Game Crash (15%)

    Game Crash (15%)

  4. Glitches (9%)

    Glitches (9%)

  5. Matchmaking (5%)

    Matchmaking (5%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Overwatch outage reports came from the following cities:

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City Problem Type Report Time
United StatesChaska Online Play
United StatesSalt Lake City Online Play
United StatesRiverside Sign in
United StatesGresham Online Play
BrazilCaucaia Glitches
United StatesOrlando Game Crash
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Overwatch Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • dough__zee dozy (@dough__zee) reported

    @FenrirrWulf Overwatch. Even if there was a problem with the templates why do you need to delete the old ones?

  • StrangerCandy_ Stranger Candy (@StrangerCandy_) reported

    @DerkaSoup @darowl2404 @Jay3OW You are so hilariously deluded and wrong. Smurfing is a -huge- issue in Overwatch. A bronze account sells for significantly more than a Diamond account. Why do you think that is?

  • Sin2BWicked Wicked Sin 🇵🇷 (@Sin2BWicked) reported

    I am so ******* pissed with @lumaenergypr I had plans for today and tomorrow to start making overwatch content and upload them, in the place where I live Fiona didn't made not a bit of damage, yet yesterday got an outage 24+ hours without electricity, I'm getting tired of this.

  • SeanGardnerXIV FFXIV SPOILERS | Sean Gardner (@SeanGardnerXIV) reported

    The audacity of releasing Overwatch 2 and Dragonflight back to back within a two month period, knowing full well that people will buy your half-finished games and pray you fix them later.

  • MetalGearHazumu Senna (@MetalGearHazumu) reported

    getting refunded. Better than what Blizzard are doing to Overwatch users for sure and that us just one game. How much money did they lose running the service and now refunding all hardware and software?

  • DracoJayco SqueakJay (@DracoJayco) reported

    @ClaraTheAndroid I think it was something to do with the Overwatch 2 looking worse than the last one, and forcing people to use their phone numbers to sign in, and also datamining and recording all the chat... just nasty. Not that I was ever interested in the first overwatch either

  • _Hawkx_ MissJosieLee (@_Hawkx_) reported

    @SenpaiGamingYT @PlayOverwatch Yeah but everyone else is suffering the issue is putting this in 5 days before the release and half of the basic player base can not have access to overwatch 2 cause there's no work around for them best you can do is find someone you trust-

  • O2LftBLINK angel ! (@O2LftBLINK) reported

    you'd think with all the work being put into overwatch currently that they would fix the report button. i'm really sick of being called slurs on a video game.

  • GenuineComics Dave Brink (@GenuineComics) reported

    @HodesAj I was a huge Overwatch fan. Played every day since launch. Not that enthusiastic about Overwatch 2, which is odd. I should be all over that, but somehow it's both too similar to the original game and too different. The 'sign in with your phonenumber' stuff is weird.

  • xDatBoiRazor xDatBoiRazor (@xDatBoiRazor) reported

    @battlenet FIX YOUR PHONE NUMBER DETECTION IM TRYNA PLAY OVERWATCH 2.

  • flatpancakesss pancake (@flatpancakesss) reported

    @5macgames well Overwatch 2 isnt a new game, its literally an update so it shouldnt be broken

  • BeasterroXD Beasterro (@BeasterroXD) reported

    @luvyeta @harvv @overwatchleague I currently have 500 just need 100 more to either pick Flying ace Winston or Horaice Ana. Overwatch should give double credit for the launch for Overwatch 2. Everyone going so broken claiming the first round.

  • KetchupGoat Ketchup ! Bahh🔞 (@KetchupGoat) reported

    non? none? Either way Overwatch and now Overwatch 2 are plagued with balance issues, anti-consumer practices and a general lack of ***** given about anything besides money. It's hard to get excited over an emote

  • Vicsposure Vz (@Vicsposure) reported

    @PlayApex Apex is trash. Fken lag even though I’m not far from server. I want to spend money on this game but there is no point because I can’t pay the game most of the time. Can’t wait for overwatch 2.

  • ShaotinOolong Nomad Oolong (No-Hook Nomad Gyojin Arc) (@ShaotinOolong) reported

    I talk **** on overwatch because it is in fact a **** game and nothing will convince me 2 will be any different. I see the same mistakes and issues coming back around where "balancing" is basically Just the new Meta and you will be punished for not playing the meta.

  • BodyBag360 RGA_BodyBag (@BodyBag360) reported

    @BlizzardCS Well, Lets give this a shot. Even though I know the outcome. I have Cricket as my cell service, what will it take to be able to play Overwatch 2? Since I can’t add my number.

  • JeoulGyumo 저울규모 (@JeoulGyumo) reported

    @EliasSv11177657 @gooodluckmode @PlayOverwatch You can, Blizzard just isn’t allowing prepaid numbers to qualify. I’ve had Cricket Wireless for years, and they serve me like a normal phone company. Phone service, unlimited data, and it’s paid monthly. But I can’t play Overwatch 2, because it’s Cricket Wireless.

  • TJayTheMage T-Jay (@TJayTheMage) reported

    @SkyeM68570363 That's the problem, it's not perfectly good. 1: Overwatch 1, a game we all payed for, will no longer be playable. 2: You're required to have a phone number to play, which basically means here comes the spam texts & potential spyware. And 3: Blizzard's awful reputations.

  • kat_busy Teddybearmei (@kat_busy) reported

    So after discovering ill not be able to play ow2 due to my number, and doing research into them not doing any changes about this issue in the past with any other of their games either. I will be quitting overwatch 2 before its even out lol. Congrats blizzard for this fugg up

  • Opnion2U . (@Opnion2U) reported

    @TheProg12811525 @IGN No problem. Just wanted to point it as many people often think that Overwatch is the first game to do it.

  • ColinJo90251097 KRONOS115 (@ColinJo90251097) reported

    @GammaRBurst @PlayOverwatch Yeah that’s what I was referring too cause overwatch is the only game to not give coins back. It’s not my biggest problem cause I see value in the items but the shop is ridiculous. I’d be happy to spend loads on the game if they weren’t greedy with the prices.

  • saturn_unite Twitch.tv/saturn_unite (@saturn_unite) reported

    Probably going to be taking a break from unite and focus on Overwatch 2. Ray feels like a coin toss again, solo queue is frustrating, Dodrio is fun but I feel like some comps are unwinnable to go against. Tbh it is a skill issue, but I’m not feeling motivated to grind into

  • Captain_Phyco ⚔️Phyco⚔️ (@Captain_Phyco) reported

    @vigilSBR @PlayOverwatch @SamitoFPS A **** ton of games are literally like this like valorant and Apex but when overwatch does it, it’s a massive problem???

  • RedTheFoxxo RedTheFox (@RedTheFoxxo) reported

    I'm gonna be real with you Overwatch 2 is probably going to get itself killed. Its already digging its own grave with a very scummy live service model and requiring a ******* phone number to play is turning it up a notch <~<

  • circleoflust ~A L C A~ 🔞 (@circleoflust) reported

    honestly one of my biggest problems is the lowered team size to 5 Overwatch 1 already suffered from a single pick being able to completely swing things in your team's favor, this is making that worse it's why TF2 teams have like 12 ******* people

  • Crypt0Glitch Cryptic Studios (@Crypt0Glitch) reported

    @Spessmen @DeltaIndex_ Well, 2 things. 1, it uses a far different engine than Overwatch, which means Overwatch's can be 1000 times easier to do. 2, remember that the customization is riddled with Technical Debt, and on a new Engine thats a bit difficult to fix.

  • VKTouchdown Viva K. Touchdown (@VKTouchdown) reported

    @bsmygod their team isn't even ASSOCIATED with Overwatch and it's that ******* easy cuz guess what! same company! same problems!

  • Kuuga_Gameing Saul Gridman (@Kuuga_Gameing) reported

    @weedgoku69 overwatch casual fans hate the game and everything about it (which is fine, it's a bad moba) but they convince themselves that their issues are with balance and that there's a real, antediluvian overwatch that was "taken from them" when it was never good at all, just fake-horny

  • Tsukento Chris @ The MOOOON (@Tsukento) reported

    But then again, I've also got a lot of problems with Overwatch and a bias toward how TF2 handled balancing out classes by making use of different weapons instead of making 100 different variant characters of the same roles.

  • TJayTheMage T-Jay (@TJayTheMage) reported

    Overwatch itself as a game is fine. It's the company, executives & poor choices Blizzard's made that's the problem. I could almost forgive the sloppiness of Overwatch 2 if O1 remained playable. For **** sakes, we payed for that damn game & now all that money is wasted.